The Goad Team's Blog

With out a doubt...YES.  Prime example, we recently had a client who's home we were selling, we will call them the "Smith's Family".  The Smith Family did not have a home inspection completed when they purchased, as after all it was Brand New, nothing could be wrong with a Brand New Home right? WRONG

There was indeed something wrong with the home, and it was a severly damaged roof joist.  The Smith Family was unaware of the problem, until we procured a buyer for the house, and the buyer of the home had a home inspection conducted.  The home inspector found and noted this broken roof joist, and stated that this was obviouly a builder defect and had been this way since it was new.  Of course the buyer would not purchase the home unless it was fixed.  Because the roof was sagging, from the broken joist, this turned out to be a costly repair to fix the problem ($3,950.00).  Had the Smith Family paid about $400.00 for a home inspection, that would have caught the problem, this would have been the builders issue to fix at that time, rather than the sellers problem to fix later on.  The builders warranty had run out long before we were selling the house, so of course the builder refused to do anything about it.

Bottom line...Always have a Home Inspection conducted on any home you intend to purchase.  Do not purchase a home "blindly" as you never know what you may be getting into.